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• Adrianus Johannes van Gool, Goirle, North Brabant, Netherlands († 1986)
• Barend Gobits, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1943)
• Agnes Everdina Theodora Maria Greven, Duiven († 1993)
• Aaltje Strokappe, Deventer († 1968)
• Albertha Nederveld, Jamestown, Ottawa county, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 2013)
• Catharina KONING, de, Chaam, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2003)
• Bardina Elisabeth Stikkelorum, Leiden, Südholland, Niederlande († 1982)
• Arthur Sydney Pay, Wentworth, New South Wales († 1996)
• Christina Boers, Hoek van Holland († 1919)
• Bertha Heuts, Simpelveld, Limburg, Nederland († 2005)

• Anna Gebina Kaijser (64), Lathen, Emsland
• Alida Esser (75), Delft
• Auke Folkerts SMID (74), Kollumerland c.a. Friesland Netherlands
• Aukjen Jans Elzinga (72), Smallingerland, Friesland, Netherlands
• Aukjen Elzinga (72), Smallingerland
• Ann Sophia Hoover (80), Washington, District of Columbia, United States
• Adriana van Dorland (90), Ede
• Adriana Langendoen (0), Rotterdam
• Adriana Maria Van Der Knaap (0), Naaldwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Auguste Joseph Ernest HURLET dit HENRARD (71), SPA, Liège, Belgique

• 1913 » Diosa Costello, Puerto Rican-American entertainer, producer and club owner († 2013)
• 1915 » Arnold Alexander Hall, English engineer, academic, and businessman († 2000)
• 1916 » Sinah Estelle Kelley, American chemist († 1982)
• 1916 » Yiannis Moralis, Greek painter and educator († 2009)
• 1917 » Dorian Leigh, American model († 2008)
• 1917 » Tony Lupien, American baseball player and coach († 2004)
• 1918 » Maurice Druon, French author and screenwriter († 2009)
• 1919 » Oleg Penkovsky, Russian colonel († 1963)
• 1920 » Eric Grant Yarrow, 3rd Baronet, English businessman († 2018)
• 1921 » Judy Agnew, Second Lady of the United States († 2012)

• 1889 » Jules Amédée Barbey d'Aurevilly, French author and critic (b. 1808)
• 1895 » Carl Ludwig, German physician and physiologist (b. 1815)
• 1905 » Gédéon Ouimet, Canadian politician, 2nd Premier of Quebec (b. 1823)
• 1907 » Alferd Packer, American prospector (b. 1842)
• 1915 » Rupert Brooke, English poet (b. 1887)
• 1936 » Teresa de la Parra, French-Venezuelan author (b. 1889)
• 1951 » Charles G. Dawes, American banker and politician, 30th Vice President of the United States, Nobel Peace Prize laureate (b. 1865)
• 1951 » Jules Berry, French actor and director (b. 1883)
• 1959 » Bak Jungyang, Korean politician
• 1965 » George Adamski, Polish-American ufologist and author (b. 1891)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Adrianus
10. Jacobus
11. Jacob
12. Albert
13. Gerardus
14. Dirk
15. Wilhelmus
16. Antonius

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Catharina
8. Hendrika
9. Adriana
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Geertruida
13. Aaltje
14. Grietje
15. Helena
16. Trijntje

• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
• March 8 » International Women's Day protests in St. Petersburg mark the beginning of the February Revolution (February 23rd in the Julian calendar).
• June 5 » World War I: Conscription begins in the United States as "Army registration day".
• June 7 » World War I: Battle of Messines: Allied soldiers detonate a series of mines underneath German trenches at Messines Ridge, killing 10,000 German troops.
• June 28 » World War I: Greece joins the Allied powers.
• August 6 » World War I: Battle of Mărășești between the Romanian and German armies begins.
• November 5 » October Revolution: Lenin calls for the October Revolution.

The temperature on April 23, 1917 was between -0.6 °C and 11.7 °C and averaged 5.9 °C. There was 13.0 hours of sunshine (90%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.